The Poison Master Knocks Every Night With the Antidote novel · Chapter 18 of 24
Chapter 18: The Assembly
The Assembly opened at noon, in snow, with three hundred sect lords standing in rows.
Nine elders sat behind the long white table.
The envoy rose in the middle of them and struck a bronze bowl with a wooden mallet.
"Let the accused come forward," he said.
Jae-ryeong walked down the aisle between the banners.
Seol walked one pace behind him, with his gloves on and his face quite blank.
Nobody breathed.
Some of the lords were looking at Jae-ryeong.
Most of them were looking at Seol.
Jae-ryeong saw their hands go to their hilts, and he saw them think about it, and he saw them not draw.
"Elder Han Pil-gu of Cheongrim has filed the complaint," the envoy said. "Let him speak first."
Pil-gu came forward in a fur-lined maroon cloak, with his rings on and his grey beard combed.
He bowed to the elders.
He did not look at Jae-ryeong.
"I speak with a broken heart," Pil-gu said.
"My brother's boy is young. He lost his father, and he lost his judgment with him."
"Since the memorial, an assassin of the Nine Thorns Hall has come and gone from the lord's rooms every night."
"The lord eats his food. The lord drinks his tea."
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